Pipe-joint.



` l.y R. MCWANE.

PiPE JOINL APPucATloN mln APR. sa. wis.

Emma Dec. 17, m8,

mw \//V//// l PIPE JOINT. APPU'CATION- FILED APR.18 1913.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

NITNE'SSES leakage,

JAMES R. MoWANE, OF BIRMINGHAM, LAEAM.

PITRE-JOINT.

Lesaooe,

To all whom it may concern: y

y Be it known that l, JAMES R. MCWANE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Birn'zingham, in the county of J eerson and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful Pipe-Joint, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to pipe joints of either bell and spigot type or of the collar or sleeve type, and the invention is an improvement upon the pipe joint shown, described and claimed in my application No. 200,902, for a pipe joint, iled'Nov. 8, 1917.

' yThe pipe joint of the said application is a prepared joint and is intended to withstand considerable deflection between adja centlengths of pipe Without the liability of and it is the object of this invention to retain all the advantages of the pipe joint of said application and at the same time add to such advantages by makingthe.

joint more positive.

The invention has to do with the arrangement of the devices and materials making up the packing of the saine structure of metal blocks and lead packing disclosed inthe aforesaid application, but in accordance with this invention a fibrous material, such as jute, is interposed between the blocks and that the jute may be effectively compressed by the calking of the lead in thc bell about the spigot member introduced therein, such spigot member under certain circumstances,

having a plain sleeve temporarily substituted therefor to be afterward replacedl by the spigot end of the pipe. f

For reasons which Will hereinafter appear, the presencey of the jute in the particular location contemplated by this invention is highly advantageous, especially where the joint of the aforesaid application might be liable to leak under the same conditions of use.

The invention will behest understood 'from the consideration of the following .de

tailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying' drawings which form av part of this specification, with the further understanding that, while the drawinlgis 1e show aparticular form of the invention, t latter is noteonned to any strict conform'A ity with the'showing of the drawings but Specification of Letters Patent.

` temporarily Vlocated ing the spigot end of a A with respect the joint, and may utilize the lead packing so and back of Patented nec.. ir, isis.

Application filed April 18, 1918A Serial No. 229,402.

may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifications come within the scope of the appended claims4 In thedrawings:

Figure l is a longitudinal diametric section of the packed bell end of the pipe with a Figxf 1S a view simil-ir to Fig. l but plug or former thereinl showing a puller device in position te with` 'l draw the plug.

Fig. f3 is a view similar to Fig. l but show` pipe in the bell end and the lead ealked into nalposition.

Fig t is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing the spigot end Ao the joint deiiected to the bell end.

Fig. 5 Fig. l.

Fig. 6 is a plan View connected. series of in the joint. y

Since vthe sleeve type of joint is, so far as the joint itself is concerned, but a duplication at the opposite ends of of a bell and spigot joint, the expression bell and spigot joint will be employed throughout this specification -and in thev claimswith. the understainfling that vit is comprehensible enough to apply to both the ordinary bell and spigot joint and the sleeve joint. Also. the invention is particularly adapted to cast iron pipe where bell and spigot joints are customary In the drawings there is shown a provided with a bell end 2 shown in Figs. 3 and +1: ing aspigot end 4.

The bell end 2 corresponds generally to the bell endof standard bell and spigot east iron pipe, but-differs l ticulars. There is provided the usual lead receiving groove 6 near themouth of the bell this groove and spaced. thereu cylindrical portion 'Z is a deeper ,of a portion of the metal filler rblocks used pipe l and there is also another pipe 3 liavfrom by a groove 8 having'a wall. 9 at the inner end The inner or spigot end of the pipe 3 has a plain extremity 10, since with the packing arrangement of the invention the .usual exterior bead at the spigot end of the pipe is not needed.

is a section on the line 5-5 of thevbell end l therefrom in some parico circular shape or may be initially cast into.

such shape, whereby there is produced a substantially circular series ot' blocks tor introduction into the bell end of thepipe around a plug or former 14 previbusly placed in the bell. The blocks 1l, which constitute filler and anvil blocks are moved to the base ot the bell with the le: d connecting strip 13 toward the mouth of the holland the other ends ot' the blocks vengaging the angle wall 9 which wall forms a conical abutment for the blocks.

Following the filler blocks into the bell there is a quantity of jute 15 placed therein and such quantity may be sullieienl to till the space along the cylindrical wall 7 between the lead strip lil and inner edge of the lead groove t3.

Following the jute is lead lt which may be poured into the mouth of the bell in sutticjent quantity to lill the groove (l and is then somewhat compacted b V calkingr to hold thfl plug 14 against accidental displacement in transit.

The. joint is designed to be l'ormed in the bell 2 without the presence ot' the pipe f). the plucr or former 1-lv being employed. rlhis permits the assembling ol' all the parts olE the joint except the spigot end of theycoinpanion pipe, at the shop or factory, thereby avoiding wastage ol' lead which is always present in the ordinary method otI joiningr bel and apigot pipes. the latter method customarily employing jute at the inner or basic end of the bell anda'ompleting the joint by pouring lead onto the jute and ultimately talking it. 'i`his results in the expenditure and wastage oll a relatively large quantity of lead., which is an expensive materia-l. and the calking lailsl topropcrly compress the jute because the large quantity ol' lead employed prevents the transmissitm cl' the calking forces to the. jute to thoroughly compact it` since the. lead absorbs the larger proportion ol' such forces." v

When the pipe is assembled in the trench, the plug;- or former 1l. is \\'ithdrawn leaving the packingr in place ready t'or the insertion oli ihe, spigot end -'l of the pipe. il. '.l`his may be readily done since, the plug l-l may be ofA slightly greater external diameter than the, pipe 3. I

1n ordern) remove the plug ll. it is prowhat constitutes its outer end. leaving a central j'iassage 18. The flange 1T has notches 19 at. appropriate points l'or the introduction of a head -QQot somewhat greater expansion than'the diaieter ol the passage 18. so that the head may be introduced into the spigot, and then by a partial turn lodged behind the A(lange 17. The head 2() is carried by a threaded stem 2l extending through a passage 22 in a puller yoke Il el' a diameter to bear against the outer end ot the bell 2. A nut il applied to the threaded stem 21 and bearing against ythe yoke 23 at 'the outer end ol the passage 22 provides a means wherebj,v the plug lil may be \\'ithdrawn from the hell 2, leaving tl`|e`packing material in place and permitting the in'trmluction ot the spigot end 4 of the pipe 5. This being accomplished the lead 16 is tightly calked with the result that Vit is compacttal into the groove (l and against the jute 15 and encroaches more or ess into the jute space. Since the blocks 1l and lead strip 13 resist any movement. ot' the jute farther into the bell, the encroaching of the lead packing 16 intov the jute packing space results in the material compacting ot the, jute, which latter,`because ot' its fibrous nature, will yield and condense in volume and bear tightly against the walls of the bell and spigot ends ot the two pipes where the jute is located.

Should the pipe. line become deflected for any reason, the pipes 1. and 3 are forced out of alinement at the joint with the result that the, extremity 10 of the spigot: 4 will move away from the surface 9 on one sideand along the surface?) at the opposite side toward the middle of the pipe. The blocks 11 are constrained to participate in this Inove- `ment and the lead packing 16 is expanded ,on one side and compressed on the otherside of the, pipe 3.- llvhere the lead 16 is compressed it is forced .to a greater extent into the jute space, the blocks l1 and lead strip 13 yielding, since this is permitted by the sloping. av'ay of the wall 9 toward the interior ot' the pipe l. On the other side, however, the blocks 11 now riding along the slope of the wall 9 away from the center ot' the pi pe a re, forced with the lead strip 13 into the jute space and the lead packing 11S is in turn forced out of the jute space into the part ot' the pipe occupied by the lead groove This movement. tends to maintain the joint tight despite the deflection of the pipes 1 and 3 wit-h relation to eachother so that there is no liability of leakage even though the. contents of the pipeline be under high pressure. Y

By placing the jute between the blocks 111 which also collectively serve as an anvihand the outer lead packing 16, the jute may be put. under any desirable degree ot' compression by thesimjile expedient', of calking the vided with an inwardly djlred'tedahgel? at iead. since the lead is' directly forced into nssfnoee `to score the lead, thus producing slow leaks.

` In the cese of jute so arranged as to perform s Very materiel part of the sealing, such scoring does not occur.s Furthermore, in tbe case of liquids, especially Water, being transmitted through the pipe, suoli liquid as reaches the jute will be ebsorbed to en extent by tbe latter, thus causing the/jute to swell and. correspondingly increasing the' sealing notion p '.llie invention also lies o commerciel value, since nieny customers demand jute-packed jioints. The invention, therefore not only possesses the advantages of thejoint or the aforesaid application, but provides edditionnl advantages end also meets the demands of a. certain class of customers who would .not be4 satisfied with the prior joint structure.

What is claimed is:

L A prepared self tightening joint suitableu torl pipe, comprisin bell and spigot portions with n series of ller blocks consti toting e booking for the sealing materiel,

the bell having a basic portion against which the blocks abut, ibrous packing material lodged against the backing, endsealing lead et the mouth .end of the joint in compecting relation to tbe fibrous packing material,

2. A prepared self tightening joint suitable for pipe, comprising bell and spigot portions, with the basic endof the bell y slenting with respect to the length and Width of thebell, I'illenblocks in position to abut the slnnting Wall und together constitute an anvil, fibrous packing material against the anvil, and lend sealing materiel at the mouth end of the bell .in compacting relation' to the fibrous sealing materiel.

3. A prepared self tightening joint suit.

sible for pipe, comprising bell and spigot portions, with the basic end of the bell presenting e wall at an angle to the length and Width of the bell, s series of blocks for location in the bell about the spigot end of the pipe introduced. therein and engaging the angle well end. constituting an alb vi and packing comprising ibrousmsterial and lead With--y the fibrous' material inter'- posedbetween the lead sind the anvil.

4f.. A joint for bell end spigot pipe, comprising filling ineens located et the basic end oi the bell Lind constituting en anvil, fibrous packing material engaging the anvil, and lead packing between the ibrous' packingmeons and the month of the vbell in c'ompecting relation to the fibrous packing means,

e5. A bell and spigot joint suitable for pipeycomprising a bell having a lead groove y near the mouth end, another groove near the basic end vof the bell and provided with n conical wall narrowing toward the body of the pipe, with a second groove separated from the first groove by a pecking receiving space, filler means associated with the second named groove and reaching to the packing space, fibrous pecking lodged in the pecl(- ing space against the'v anvil, and lead paolo ing entering the first named groove and directly engaging the fibrous. packing.

6. A joint for bell and spigot pipe7 com-u prising filling means constituting an van'vil, fibrous packing, engaging the anvil, and lead packing in compacted relation to thebrous pecking.

ln testimony, thatl claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereunto affixed my signature 1n the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES R. MCVVANE.

V Witnesses:

.lonN G. 'KNArig (l. H. HiLToN. 

